Svoboda first met Red House officials, including board director Bill Hider, when Svoboda’s play “Odysseus DOA” had a one-week run at the Armory Square art house in January.

“We’re sharing costs,” Svoboda says of the increased collaboration between the two arts centers. “We have the city mouse and the country mouse relationship. It’s basically a method to not reinvent the wheel, and to share expertise. We’ll reduce overhead, and retain better staff and resources.”

The Red House had been without an executive director since Natalia Mount resigned in May. Laura Austin remains as artistic director.

Svoboda, 34, is a native of Westchester County. He spent eight years teaching film at the University of Miami until moving to Blue Mountain Lake two years ago.

The playwright also saw “Odysseus DOA” performed in a one-week run at the Lion Theatre in New York City in March, just before he started at Red House.

Svoboda says he’ll split time between the two art houses.

“My schedule bounces back and forth,” he says. “Normally, I’ll be here three to four days (a week). I’ll be here more in the busy month of June. But in July and August, I’ll be mostly up in the Adirondacks because that’s their busy time.”